Cyber Essentials
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 115 | 154 | 187 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +39 | +33 | -1 |
| Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.80% | 0.40% | 0.033% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4.68% | 2.93% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 12 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,000 | £23,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £40,563 | £46,298 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £52,500 | £49,182 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.81% | +6.75% | -43.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £59,688 | £52,065 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £62,500 | - |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -8.33% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire
Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Berkshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 278 | 444 | 658 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire | 17.02% | 13.82% | 21.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 106 | 249 | 275 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £26,950 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,188 | £36,250 | £37,815 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £52,500 | £45,600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | +15.13% | -17.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £68,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £92,500 | £92,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £62,000 | £45,250 | £51,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.02% | -11.27% | -2.86% |
Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Berkshire.
Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in Berkshire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | +59 | 9 | £65,000 | +20.93% | 6 |
| Cyber Essentials South East |
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Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: